Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #60
Concerning reports on NASA's Artemis plans; Russian Luna-25 Moon mission launch in July; studying the largest lunar lava channel; progress on Intuitive Machines' 1st Moon landing, and more updates.
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Gallery: Our Moon's lovely lava channels
A look at valleys and rilles that outrun the length of Earth's largest cities, and even span well over a hundred kilometers.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #59
NASA rigorously tests wheel design of its ambitious lunar rover; Amazon's Alexa to be on 1st Artemis Moon mission; more Chang'e 5 science results and mission details, and more lunar updates.
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TESS is finding Earth-like planets around the galaxy's most common stars
NASA’s planet-finding telescope is charting Earth-like worlds around nearby stars, especially red dwarfs, for future telescopes to assess their potential for life.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #58
China approves three more Moon missions; NASA adds eight scientists on key rover mission to study lunar water and other resources; the UN announces International Moon Day, and more lunar updates.
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Best of 2021
Here are my most notable articles on space exploration and the Moon this year.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #57
India's Chandrayaan 3 Moon landing on track for Q3 2022 launch; Mexico joins U.S. Artemis Accords to cooperate in lunar exploration; China's rover finds ancient soil layer underground, & more updates.
I’ve had a monumental shift in my worldview after reading Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
Literal, the new Goodreads competitor in town for book aficionados, interviewed me a few months ago (for some reason) about how my interest in space exploration shapes what I read. Also for some reason, their interview of me or anyone else has no link other than all such posts simply
Views of Mars from India's Mangalyaan orbiter
I compiled this video from some pretty views of the Red Planet shot by the orbiter.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #56
ESA training future astronauts in a Moon-like lava tube; NASA SLS rocket to get booster upgrade next decade; a microcrystal for lunar solar power; how to process Chang'e data, and more lunar updates.
On some major upcoming European planetary missions
The European Space Agency is sending some of the most ambitious missions to explore the solar system in the next 10 years.
What are swirls on the Moon?
The bright and magnetic features whose origin remain a mystery.